RobinSteinberg_2018假如我们结束不公正的保释金会如何？.docxVIP

I will never forget the first time I visited a client in jail. The heavy, metal door slammed behind me, and I heard the key turn in the lock. The cement floor underneath me had a sticky film on it that made a ripping sound, like tape being pulled off a box, every time I moved my foot. The only connection to the outside world was a small window placed too high to see. There was a small, square table bolted to the floor and two metal chairs, one on either side. That was the first time I understood viscerally -- just for a fleeting moment -- what incarceration might feel like. And I promised myself all those years ago as a young, public defender that I would never, ever forget that feeling. And I never have. It inspired me to fight for each and every one of my clients freedom as if it was my own.?我永远不会忘记第一次 去监狱拜访当事人的情景。 沉重的铁门在我身后猛地关上， 钥匙在锁孔里转动的声音是那么清晰。 我脚下的水泥地上 是一层粘脚的薄膜， 会发出撕裂般的声响， 就像从纸盒上撕下胶带时 发出的那种声响， 它伴随着我迈出的每一步。 这里与外界的唯一联系就是 一个高得根本看不见的小窗。 房间里有一个被钉在地上、小小的方桌， 桌子两边 各有一张金属的椅子。 就在那一瞬间， 我第一次切身地体会到了 一个人被监禁的感觉。 身为一名年轻的公设辩护律师， 那时候的我就向自己保证， 我永远永远都不会忘记那种感觉。 我的确从来没有忘记。 那种感觉激励着我 为每一个当事人的自由而抗争， 就如为我自己的自由抗争一样。Freedom. A concept so fundamental to the American psyche that it is enshrined in our constitution. And yet, America is addicted to imprisonment. From slavery through mass incarceration, it always has been. Look, we all know the shocking numbers. The United States incarcerates more people per capita than almost any nation on the planet. But what you may not know is that on any given night in America, almost half a million people go to sleep in those concrete jail cells who have not been convicted of anything. These mothers and fathers and sons and daughters are there for one reason and one reason only: they cannot afford to pay the price of their freedom. And that price is called bail.自由—— 这个理念对于美国精神是如此重要， 我们把它永远写在了宪法中。 然而，美国却对囚禁犯人情有独钟。 从奴隶制到大规模监禁， 一直都是这样。 我们都知道这些可怕的数据。 美国的人均被监禁率 居世界之首。 但你可能并不知道， 在美国，每个晚上， 都有将近50万人 不得不在水泥牢房中入睡， 尽管他们还未被定罪。 这些母亲、父亲、儿子、女儿， 被囚禁的原因只有一个： 他们无法为他们的